Byrock, New South Wales

Byrock, New South Wales

Byrock is a small village in north western New South Wales, Australia in Bourke Shire.

It is named after a rock hole, called "Bai" by the Nyammba tribe. This became the Bye Rockhole, then Bye Rock, then Byrock. [cite web
title =Byrock
publisher = Geographical Names Board of New South Wales
url = http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=KWjLjztLMa
accessdate = 2006-12-26 ]

Byrock is on the Mitchell Highway roughly halfway between Bourke to north-west and Nyngan to the south-east.

Railways

It was founded to serve the Cobb and Co stage coachs. The railway opened in 1874, with an extension to Bourke. Later still, in 1888, a branch railway opened to Brewarrina.

All these rail lines closed in the 1970s and 1980s.

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